# BRICS

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,231

## Definitions
1. Acronym of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, an international economic organization comprising several fast-growing economies.

## Etymology
Earlier BRIC.

## Easily confused with
- **bros** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-bros)
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brit)
- **brig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brig)
- **brie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brie)
- **brim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brim)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brin)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-bring)
- **brief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brief)
- **Bruce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-bruce)
- **bride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-bride)
- **Brock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brock)
- **Brits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brits)
- **brink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brink)
- **brows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brows)
- **brisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brisk)
- **Britt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-britt)
- **Buick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-buick)
- **brine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brine)
- **brill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brill)
- **brings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brics-vs-brings)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbrics`, `bircs`, `brcis`, `briccs`, `bricss`, `brisc`, `brrics`, `rbics`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brics